Over the last few decades, there has been increasing regulatory pressure worldwide to reduce the maximum permissible levels of sulfur in fuels, in order to minimize environmental pollution and protect... read more

Electronic laboratory notebooks
(ELNs) emerged in the R&D landscape
around 15 years ago with a commendable objective: reduce or eliminate the errors and inefficiencies driven by the use of paper ... read more

The last decade has seen huge advances in biological research. The advent of genomics and proteomics,as well as experimental approaches such as next-generation sequencing and high-throughput screening... read more

Historically, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) measurements have focused on the analysis of materials as a function of an imposed temperature profile. However, most consumer products are subject to a... read more

Preparing samples for analysis is an extremely time-consuming task. In fact, sample preparation steps can easily take up more time in the laboratory than the actual analysis. With autosamplers on ... read more

One of the worst-case scenarios for a pharmaceutical laboratory is to have a government inspector close down the facility because it cannot provide regulatory compliance documentation, much less ... read more

Routine viscosity measurements of materials are important in most industrial processes such as mixing and pumping, spraying and coating, extrusion, laydown, and leveling. Typically, a rotational ... read more

Rheology is the study of the deformation of matter. A common definition is that rheology is the study of flow. Viscometry, in particular, is the measurement of viscosity or the resistance to flow. ... read more

Nanotechnology is pervasive, as evidenced by the abundance of information found in the latest scientific journals. What is nanotechnology? According to the National Nanotechnology Initiative, “a ... read more

Total sulfur and nitrogen (TS/TN) levels are commonly used parameters in the petrochemical, natural gas, and oil refining industries, and the need for their determination is growing due to the ... read more